John Trapp on Isaiah 4:5

Ver. 5. And the Lord will create] for the ſafeguard and ſecurity of his peculiar people, thus purified unto himſelf, Tit. 2.14. and that they may ſerve him without fear in holineſs and righteouſneſs before him all and every day of their lives, Luke 1. 74, 75. God (rather then fail) will create (as he did of old in Aegypt and the Wilderneſs) a cloud by day, a flaming fire by night; againſt heat, a Tabernacle; againſt ſtorm and rain, a Covert; any thing, every thing that heart can wiſh, or need require; dux erit & defenſor, lux erit & conſolator, He will be to all his a Sun and a ſhield; He will give grace and glory, &c. Pſalm 84.11. See Cant. 2.3.

Ʋpon every dwelling-place] upon every private houſe, and place of his peoples abode: their walls are continually before him, chap. 49.16. He loveth to look upon their Habitations, and will hedge them about, Job 1.10.

And upon her aſſemblies] or meeting-places for Gods ſervice. Howbeit this is to be taken cum exceptione crucis; the poor Proteſtants in France have not only been diſturbed but deſtroyed, at their Church-aſſemblies, by the Duke of Guiſe and other Popiſh Perſecutors. But the godly in ſuch a caſe glorifie God in the very fire, and bear fruit in ſuch a tempeſt, by Gods defence and benediction.

A cloud and ſmoake] Or a ſmoaky cloud, alluding to that cloudy Pillar, Exod. 13.21. & 14.19. which was a cloud by day, and a fire by night to Iſrael: ſo is Chriſt a cooling Refreſhment to his own in the ſcorching day of Temptation or trouble; and a comfortable Lamp of Light to direct and protect them through the Wilderneſs of this world. The Cloud was ſpread over them for a covering, Pſalm 105.39. and ſomtimes came betwixt them and their enemies behind them, Exod. 14.19. And this was done in Aegypt, where was no rain: how then was there a cloud? God created it.

For upon all the glory] Iſrael is called Gods glory, chap. 46.13. the houſe of his glory, chap. 6.7. a crown of glory, chap. 62.3. A Throne of glory, Jer. 4.21. Gods Ornament. Ezek 7.20. the beauty of his Ornament, and that ſet in Majeſty, ib. His Royal Diadem, Iſa. 62.3. His Jewels, Mal. 3.17. which he wears (as great men do their Jewels) to make him glorious in the eyes of men: they are the Signet on his right hand, Iſa. 49.

Shall be a covering] As the Cloud covered the Tabernacle, and as the Rams-skins covered the Ark from the violence of wind and weather: ſo will Chriſt the Church.